In the past, eBay allowed sellers to block eCheck payments in order to reduce confusion over clearing time and potential shipping delays. Significant improvements have been made in addressing buyer expectations about eChecks, including information about eChecks added to eBay checkout, transaction details, and email communications. With these improvements, eBay sellers offering PayPal must now [...]

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I’ve received so much traffic from writing about paypal echecks and other disasters that I’ve decided to reward the viewing public with another post about paypal echecks.Why does paypal say that an echeck is pending?This is a question that I received recently. It reflects a fundamental misconception about paypal echecks. Here, let me spell it [...]

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Ok, so I blocked acceptance of echecks as detailed in my earlier post on the matter. I sent out a request for payment to a client. Actually, this person was the final straw that broke the paypal echeck’s back with an earlier purchase of a product. I’ve included her last two messages to me below [...]

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I did some first hand research and here is paypal’s official message on echecks and products: Payment Type: eCheck This eCheck payment will post to your PayPal balance once the funds have cleared from the sender’s account, which usually takes 3-5 business days. Please do not ship any items until the funds have cleared. To [...]

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photo credit: hunterseakerhk I thought I’d follow up to my previous post detailing the back and forth I had with a buyer who had paid with an echeck in order to add some explanation to the whole paypal echeck fiasco.I used to accept echecks in order to gather in those few extra sales for people [...]

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January 2, 2008 Dear Andy Rutherford, This email confirms that you have received a Pending eCheck Payment for $9.97 USD from Donald Jones (donaldjones@ahawk.com). This eCheck Payment will remain “Uncleared” until the funds have cleared from the sender’s account, which usually takes 4 business days. If you are shipping an item, please do not ship [...]

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